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UK’s New Special Envoy Signals Contrast to China’s Approach in the Horn of Africa

Sarah Montgomery is the UK's newly appointed Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa and Red Sea.

The United Kingdom has announced that it’s appointing a special envoy to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region. Sarah Montgomery has experience in the Persian Gulf, Iran and Yemen. 

She will be the third special envoy from a major power to the region, joining China’s Xue Bing and the United States’s newly appointed Mike Hammer.

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